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Help SHIM Sack Hunger, Pack Hope
Made in PGH – You think you have a busy March? Check out what South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM) is up to! SHIM has a month-long endeavour “March to Sack Hunger, Pack…
South Hills Interfaith Movement launches March to Sack Hunger, Pack Hope
The Almanac – For many people, Saturday mornings represent a time for relaxing after a busy week. Then there are the folks who spent a couple of hours Feb. 22…
Lights On Afterschool: Kids can choose from 65 free quality events in Pittsburgh
Kidsburgh – When the final school bell rings on Thursday, Oct. 24, the fun will just be getting started. Around the country, schools, libraries, community centers and other organizations will…
‘United for Women’ helps local women emerge from crisis
Tribune-Review – Andreá Long never expected to be a fulltime caregiver to her teenage son. But, after an injury in a pickup football game left the 14-year-old unable to walk,…
SHIM’s back-to-school celebrations provide families with school supplies
Tribune-Review – Kamik Kharel is excited to start first grade at McAnnulty Elementary in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District. Thanks to nonprofit South Hills Interfaith Movement’s back-to-school celebrations, held Aug. 12-16,…
Baldwin alum, Nepal native receives full scholarship to Villanova
Tribune-Review – Ritika Chamlagai has never doubted that she will someday be a doctor. As a child growing up in a refugee camp in Nepal, the hospitals were lacking even…
What’s Happening: Week of Aug. 4
The Almanac –Back-to-school events at SHIM South Hills Interfaith Movement will host three back-to-school celebrations to provide more than 700 backpacks, donated by CentiMark Corp., and new school supplies to…
Food pantries need extra help in summer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – During the school year, 43,000 children rely on free and reduced-price meals throughout Allegheny County. In the South Hills, nearly 4,000 kids qualify for these meals. But…
South Hills Interfaith Movement pantries serve record numbers
The Almanac – In June 2019, South Hills Interfaith Movement’s food pantries served more than 1,900 people in 592 households, a record number of neighbors in need. As the need…
South Hills Interfaith Movement seeks donations of school supplies
Tribune-Review – South Hills Interfaith Movement (SHIM) is looking for donations to help provide kids in the South Hills with the school supplies they need to have a successful school…
